Air-carburetor



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G. REZNOR. 7 AIR GARBURBTOR.

INVENTOR Patented'June 2,0

N, PETERS. ulu-Lithographer. Wrnhinglon. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE REZNQR, OFVMEIROER, PENNSYLVANIA.

AlR-CARBURETOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 259,921, dated June 20,1882.

Application filed November 8, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE REZNOR, of Mercer, in the county of Mercer,and in the State of Pennsylvania, havejinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Air-0arburetors; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ofcarbureting apparatus in which the hydrocarbon fluid is supplied to thecarbureting-chamber by capillary attraction from a reservoir below; andit has for its object to secure a more uniform supply of fluid to thecarbureting-chamber, as more fully hereinafter specified. This object Iattain by the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of myimproved apparatus; Fig. 2, a top view with the cover removed; Fig. 3, ahorizontal section on the line was of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a transversevertical section on the line 3 y of Fig. 1.

The letter A indicates a rectangular casing or chamber, divided into twocompartments,

a b, by means of the horizontal partitions B. The said partitions areprovided with downwardly-extending flanges c, which reach to and restupon the bottom of the casing or chamber, forming narrow longitudinalcompartments d, which communicate with the compartment a. at their topsthroughout their entire length. The compartments d are closed at theirends, so as to entirely out off direct communication wi h the lowercompartment, 1).

The letter 0 indicates a series of vertical chambers, which communicatewith the compartments d at their bottoms, as indicated by the letter 0.The said chambers G communicate with the compartment 1 at their tops, asindicated by the letter 9.

The letter D indicates a sheet of textile material, which fills thecompartments d and covers the upper surface of the partition B in thecompartment a. The chambers O are filled with wickin g or other textilematerial, which extends over their open tops into the chamber 11, asshown in the drawings.

The upper compartment, c, is provided with a frame, E, having a seriesof transverse rods or wires, m, at the upper and lower edges,alternating, as indicated in the drawings. The frame is provided withlongitudinal partitions h,dividing it into a series of longitudinalcompartments, 13, which communicate at alternate ends by means ofsuitable openings, 7c. The compartments thus formed have stretched inthem the continuous strips of textile material I, which pass in a zigzagcourse over the wires m, as indicated.

The letter it indicates the air or gas induction pipe, and p theexit-pipe, and r the pipe for filling the reservoir, which may beprovided with suitable controlling-valves.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The reservoir is chargedwith hydrocarbon fluid to the level of the dotted line 8. The wicking inthe chambers G carries it over to the textile material in thecompartments (1 and a. From such textile material it is absorbed by thetextile material l, and thoroughly subjected to the action of the gas orair,-s0 as to be uniformly taken up thereby and perfectly carburet suchgas or air.

Having thus described my invention,'what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s v 1. The combination, in a carburetor providedwith two horizontal chambers, to b, of the longitudinal verticalcompartments d, communicating with the chamber a at their topsthroughout their entire length, and the vertical chambers O,communicating with the com partments d at their bottoms and with thecompartment b at their tops, the said compartments a, G, d, and b beingprovided with textile absorbent material arranged substantially in themanner and for the purpose specified.

2. In a carburetor, the combination of the upper and lower chambers,constructed as de scribed, and packed with textile material arrangedsubstantially as specified, the upper chamber having partitions formingpassages which communicate at alternate ends, and the October, 1881.

GEORGE REZNOR. Witnesses Y A. H. MCELRATH, J No. W. BELL.

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